Council actions
Philadelphia City Council actions
These are actions recorded in Legistar without a published member-by-member vote. They include unanimous decisions, procedural steps such as hearings, notices and amendments, and other entries such as referrals and signatures.
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Meeting date
November 20, 2008
The adopted resolution starts the process of continuing the Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District after its scheduled termination, covering parts of Germantown Avenue, Bethlehem Pike, and intersecting streets.
Initiating action to continue the Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District beyond the date of termination of the district in the area that generally includes both sides of Germantown Avenue from 7640 to 8705, both sides of Bethlehem Pike from 10 to 105 and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Germantown Avenue, and for which Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, serves as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association; approving a preliminary plan for and report concerning the District; and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions that are required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally continue the District.
ADOPTED
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The adopted resolution finds that privately negotiating the sale of up to $55.09 million and $129.695 million in Philadelphia general obligation bonds is in the City's best financial interest.
Finding that a negotiated private sale of General Obligation Bonds is in the best financial interest of the City of Philadelphia.
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The adopted resolution finds that privately negotiating the sale of up to $55.09 million and $129.695 million in Philadelphia general obligation bonds is in the City's best financial interest.
Finding that a negotiated private sale of General Obligation Bonds is in the best financial interest of the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and memorializing the life and public service of former Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll.
Honoring the life of Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and memorializing the life and public service of former Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll.
Honoring the life of Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll.
ADOPTED BY STANDING VOTE
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This enacted bill adds the Philadelphia Police and Fire Association for Handicapped Children and the Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation, which operates Fireman’s Hall Museum, to the organizations that City employees may choose to receive payroll deductions.
Amending Section 19-203 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payroll Deductions," to add the Philadelphia Police and Fire Association for Handicapped Children and the Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation (T/A Fireman's Hall Museum) to the list of designated payees to whom an employee may direct payroll deductions; all under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
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This lapsed bill would have authorized installing and maintaining a left-turn green-arrow traffic signal for vehicles traveling west on Adams Avenue and turning left onto Crescentville Road.
Authorizing the installation of a left turn green arrow traffic signal at the intersection of Crescentville road and Adams avenue.
RECOMMITTED
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This lapsed bill would have authorized installing and maintaining a left-turn green-arrow traffic signal for vehicles traveling west on Adams Avenue and turning left onto Crescentville Road.
Authorizing the installation of a left turn green arrow traffic signal at the intersection of Crescentville road and Adams avenue.
READ
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This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s water and sewer rules to establish special sewer rates for property owned or operated by the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Amending Title 13 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Water and Sewer," by establishing special water and sewer rates for public housing owned or operated by the Philadelphia Housing Authority by providing for a reduction off regular Water Department service and quantity charges all under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
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Meeting date
November 19, 2008
The enacted ordinance revised Philadelphia’s parking rules by increasing allowable parking-meter rates in parts of Center City and University City and setting a higher rate in the Center City Core.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to revise the fees for the use of parking meters in certain locations; to revise fees and charges for the immobilization and impoundment of vehicles for parking and other violations; and to revise the penalties for various parking violations; all under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
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This enacted measure added a 1.2% excise tax to hotel room rentals in Philadelphia, collected from hotel guests by hotel operators.
Amending Chapter 19-2400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Hotel Room Rental Tax," by providing for an additional excise tax on hotel room rentals and designating the expenditures for which such tax will be used, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to remove Cleveland Street between Girard Avenue and Stiles Street from the official City Plan and vacate that street segment.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Cleveland Street from Girard Avenue to Stiles Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance prohibits street vending and sidewalk sales on Spring Garden Street between 16th and 18th Streets.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section 9-203 relating to Street Vendors and Section 9-205 relating to Sidewalk Sales, by prohibiting street and sidewalk vending on certain portions of Spring Garden Street.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to add an approximately 90-foot extension of Mount Vernon Street from its current terminus west of Percy Street to Tenth Street on the official City Plan.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by placing on the City Plan an extension of Mount Vernon Street from its existing terminus west of Percy Street westwardly to Tenth Street; by striking from the City Plan a certain right-of-way reserved for drainage and utility purposes laying within the lines of the proposed extension of Mount Vernon Street; and authorizing dedication to the City of the bed of the proposed extension of Mount Vernon Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to revise City Plan No.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 63 by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a right-of-way reserved for gas main purposes within the lines of former Seventeenth Street from the intersection of Wood Street and Seventeenth Street to Franklintown Boulevard, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted bill adds five Philadelphia blockfaces where one or more parking spaces may be reserved for vehicles owned by car-sharing organizations.
Amending Section 12-918 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking for Car Sharing Organizations," by adding locations, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance prohibits parking or standing watercraft trailers or watercraft on Philadelphia roadways to display them for sale or for commercial washing, greasing, or repair, except for emergency repairs.
Amending Title 12 The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by amending Section 12-102, entitled "Definitions," by amending Section 12-902, entitled "Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited," to prohibit the standing or parking on the roadway of watercraft trailers or watercraft for the purpose of display for sale or for commercial washing, greasing or repair, by amending Section 12-2405, entitled "Removal or Immobilization of Parked Vehicles; Notice," to provide for towing for certain violations, and by amending Section 12-2809, entitled "Civil Penalties and Costs," to provide for penalties for violations, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to revise the City Plan and abandon a 40-foot-wide drainage right-of-way running from B Street to Tioga Street.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 158 by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes which extends southeastwardly from the easterly side of "B" Street to the northerly side of Tioga Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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